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Natalie Johnson fires back after Mehdi Hasan names her on live TV: 'Still haunting this psycho 5+ years later'

After Mehdi Hasan named Nancy Mace's former communications director Natalie Johnson on live TV as the source of the drinking allegations, Johnson answered from Wyoming: still haunting this psycho 5+ years later.

Natalie Johnson, former communications director for Rep. Nancy Mace, in Wyoming
Photo: Natalie Johnson / X (@nataliejohnsonn). Source

On Piers Morgan Uncensored, journalist Mehdi Hasan confronted Rep. Nancy Mace over the drinking allegations that have followed her for years. He did not keep the source anonymous. He pointed straight at Mace's own former communications director. Writing afterward on X, Hasan summed up the clash with a congresswoman "whose own staffers allege she has a drinking problem."

The staffer at the center of it is Natalie Johnson, who ran Mace's communications in 2021 and was quoted in a February 2026 New York Magazine report. When Mace insisted she does not drink, Johnson did not walk anything back:

"Nancy Mace claiming she doesn't drink alcohol might be the funniest, most brazen lie she's told to date. The woman drank so much she'd have interns or junior staff run to Congressional Liquor during the work day so she could imbibe during telephone town halls."

Mace has denied the allegations. She says she cannot drink because of a hemochromatosis diagnosis, called the accounts "provably false," and told reporters "Absolutely not," adding: "I'm in bed by 9. No one has been over to my house after midnight." When she leaned on the genetic-condition explanation, a former staffer answered by posting photos of Mace with alcohol, HuffPost reported.

Named again on live television, Johnson answered from Wyoming, where she now lives:

"I love that I'm out here in Wyoming just minding my own business, spending my days skiing and hiking, yet still haunting this psycho 5+ years later."

Five years after leaving the office, the people who saw the operation up close still are not staying quiet, and Mace still cannot make the story go away.

Source: Raw Story · Raw Story · Zeteo · HuffPost · LGBTQ Nation